Wenger after Vermaelen partner

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is set to make a £10million bid for Dynamo Kiev defender Pape Malickou Diakhate. According to the Daily Mirror, Wenger wants to make the Senegalese his first new signing of his Arsenal revolution.

Having already signed Marouane Chamakh from Bordeaux on a free transfer, Wenger has moved to sign a long-term partner for Thomas Vermaelen in Diakhate.